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Post by Shatir Lavan on Mar 18, 2005 12:31:13 GMT -5
It's not a lightsabre, but it can fight one. Has anyone tried to make an amphistaff? I'm thinking about it for the summer. Since Shatir is a post-NJO character, my current lightsabre I'm working on mocks amphistaffs a little bit. It's bent like Dooku's, but has an organic feel to it. I'm thinking I could make an amphistaff out of black leather (so it's like a whip) but make it hollow so I can slide a staff down inside for staff form. Any ideas?
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Post by Leda EmBorr on Mar 18, 2005 23:03:13 GMT -5
I'm not sure what that is...  Got a pic? |
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Post by LoreenShadowchaser on Mar 19, 2005 3:27:11 GMT -5
I guess you haven't been reading the New Jedi Order series, if you don't know what an amphistaff is. 
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Post by Shatir Lavan on Mar 19, 2005 12:12:20 GMT -5
In the new Jedi Order series, the antagonists are an extra-galactic species called Yuuzhan Vong. They are completely devoid of the Force (ie no midichlorians, but they haven't talked about them up to Rebel Stand, where I'm at). Jedi cannot feel them in the Force. They shape life forms to do everything for them, as they hate technology and consider it an offense to their Gods. One of the weapons they commonly have is called an amphistaff. It is a snakelike creature that is normally coiled around a warrior's waist, but when used for combat, it can be whipped at an opponent (and bites when whipped), or it can be hardened into a staff. In staff form, it's body can be round and hard, or can flatten out to have sharp edges. The most dangerous thing to Jedi, however, is that they can stand up to a lightsabre blade in combat. My plan is to make a sleeve of leather (or faux leather) to slide over a bo staff which is permanently sealed at the tail end, and can be opened at the mouth so the bo can slide out, to transfer into whip form.
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Post by Xzandar Vannlo on Mar 19, 2005 21:06:01 GMT -5
Sounds pretty cool.
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Post by Shatir Lavan on Mar 21, 2005 18:31:38 GMT -5
I may end up boring a hole in a long rubber snake. That would work, as long as it's wide enough to bit a staff inside.
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Post by Leda EmBorr on Mar 22, 2005 1:39:05 GMT -5
I guess you haven't been reading the New Jedi Order series, if you don't know what an amphistaff is. Nope, don't read NJO... Shatir, thanks for clarifying that... And actually, I'm familiar with the Y.V. because of their popularity. |
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Post by Kalek Thren on Mar 28, 2005 23:27:52 GMT -5
What about Grievous's guards staffs? Has anyone thought about attempting one of those? I was considering it.
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Post by Shatir Lavan on Mar 29, 2005 15:41:53 GMT -5
I couldn't see enough detail from Clone Wars, I'll have to look at the live action magna guards to see how much trouble I could get myself into with that.
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